Marti Sementelli

Marti Sementelli
Medal record
Women's baseball
Competitor for  United States
Women's Baseball World Cup
2008 Japan Team competition
2010 Venezuela Team competition
2012 Canada Team competition
2014 Japan Team competition
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team competition

Marti Sementelli (born November 17, 1992 in Boston) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1][2]

Playing career

Sementelli played Little League Baseball in Sherman Oaks, California, earning All-Star honors. During high school, she spent two years on the baseball team at Burbank High and two playing for Matt Mowry at Birmingham High.[3] While at Birmingham, she pitched a complete game against San Marcos High School of Santa Barbara, throwing 102 pitches.[3] At 15 years of age, she competed with Team USA at the Women's World Cup of Baseball. Of note, she was the youngest player on the US roster.[4]

In 2011, she earned a baseball scholarship to Montreat College in North Carolina, played for coach Michael Bender.[5]

Awards and honors

Personal

She was once interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel.

Bibliography

References

  1. "SEMENTELLI, Marti". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  2. "Baseball - Event Overview - Women". Toronto2015.org. Pan American Games. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Ring, p. 202.
  4. 1 2 Ring, p. 203.
  5. Ring, p. 206.
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